Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
KEITH RICHARDSMy life is full of broken halos.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music.
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Some things get better with age. Like me.
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I like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?
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Music works in mysterious ways. Once it goes in you have no idea what it can do to you.
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If you’ve gotta think about being cool, you ain’t cool.
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Poison’s not bad. It’s a matter of how much.
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I occasionally borrow pot from my kids. They do a little weed occasionally. ‘Here, Dad’ – or more likely, ‘Dad, have you got any?’
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I never plan anything, which is probably the difference between Mick and myself. Mick needs to know what he’s gonna do tomorrow and I’m just happy to wake up to see who’s hanging around. Mick’s rock and I’m roll.
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Anything you throw yourself into, you better get yourself out of.
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I’ve got nothing against daylight. I don’t live totally nocturnally. Only when I feel like it. Which is most of the time.
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But I’ve always felt very comfortable on stage, even if I screw up. It always felt like a dog, this is my turf, piss around it. While I’m here, nothing else can happen. All I can do is screw up. Otherwise, have a good time.
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We age not by holding on to youth, but by letting ourselves grow and embracing whatever youthful parts remain.
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True friends. Hardest thing to find, but you never look for them – they found you ; you just grow into each other
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When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you.
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I don’t encourage anybody to do what I do, you know? Why should you? More for me!
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